He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.’
Isaiah 49:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But I myself said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God. American Standard Version (1901) But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God. Common English Bible But I said, “I have wearied myself in vain. I have used up my strength for nothing.” Nevertheless, the LORD will grant me justice; my reward is with my God. Catholic Public Domain Version And I said: "I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain. Therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. |
He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Armies, but the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.’
Many desire a ruler’s favour, but a person receives justice from the Lord.
Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
Say to the cowardly: ‘Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.’
See, the Lord God comes with strength, and his power establishes his rule. His wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.
Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord, and my claim is ignored by my God’?
So he will repay according to their deeds: fury to his enemies, retribution to his foes, and he will repay the coasts and islands.
I rejoice greatly in the Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Look, the Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, ‘Say to Daughter Zion: Look, your salvation is coming, his wages are with him, and his reward accompanies him.’
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.
They will not labour without success or bear children destined for disaster, for they will be a people blessed by the Lord along with their descendants.
But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have rescued yourself.
and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
Jesus replied, ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory? ’
But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people. ,
I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. , If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labour for you has been wasted.
by holding firm to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labour for nothing.
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.